About the Authors

Angelo Mazzaglia

Contributed equally to this work with: Angelo Mazzaglia, David J. Studholme

Affiliation Department of Science and Technologies for Agriculture, Forestry, Nature and Energy (DAFNE), University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy

David J. Studholme

Contributed equally to this work with: Angelo Mazzaglia, David J. Studholme

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

Maria C. Taratufolo

Affiliation Department of Science and Technologies for Agriculture, Forestry, Nature and Energy (DAFNE), University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy

Rongman Cai

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virgina, United States of America

Nalvo F. Almeida

Affiliation School of Computing, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Brazil

Tokia Goodman

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virgina, United States of America

David S. Guttman

Affiliation Center for the Analysis of Genome Evolution and Function, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Boris A. Vinatzer

vinatzer@vt.edu (BAV); or balestra@unitus.it (GMB)

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virgina, United States of America

Giorgio M. Balestra

vinatzer@vt.edu (BAV); or balestra@unitus.it (GMB)

Affiliation Department of Science and Technologies for Agriculture, Forestry, Nature and Energy (DAFNE), University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AM DJS NFA DSG BAV GMB. Performed the experiments: AM DJS MCT RC NFA TG. Analyzed the data: AM DJS RC NFA BAV GMB. Wrote the paper: BAV DJS DSG GMB.